Genres

[qdeck]
[q] a genre of film, TV, literature, etc., in which the primary feature is the constant slam-bang of fights, chases, explosions, and clever one-liners. [a] Action [q] a broad genre of film, television, and literature in which the goal is to make an audience laugh. [a] Comedy [q] a remarkable or unexpected journey, experience, or event that a person participates in as a result of chance. [a] Adventure [q] a story, often intended for children, that features fanciful and wondrous characters such as elves, goblins, wizards, and even, but not necessarily, fairies. [a] Fairy Tale [q] a short fictional story that has a moral or teaches a lesson. ___ use humanized animals, objects, or parts of nature as main characters, and are therefore considered to be a sub-genre of fantasy. [a] Fable [q] a genre of fiction that concentrates on imaginary elements (the fantastic). This can mean magic, the supernatural, alternate worlds, superheroes, monsters, fairies, magical creatures, mythological heroes—essentially, anything that an author can imagine outside of reality. [a] Fantasy [q] a narrative genre in literature that involves a mysterious, adventurous, or spiritual a story line where the focus is on a quest that involves bravery and strong values, not always a love interest. However, modern definitions of ___ also include stories that have a relationship issue as the main focus. [a] Romance [q] a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror in the audience—in other words, it develops an atmosphere of ___. [a] Horror [q] a genre of literature, film, and television whose primary feature is that it induces strong feelings of excitement, anxiety, tension, suspense, fear, and other similar emotions in its readers or viewers. [a] Thriller [q] The formal definition of ___, is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices.” It’s an extremely broad category. [a] Satire [q] is a genre of literature whose stories focus on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved. [a] Mystery [q] a genre of literature whose content is imaginative, but based in science. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plotlines, which is what makes it different from fantasy. [a] Science fiction [q] any kind of fictional performance – usually a play, but also including short skits, vaudeville shows, musicals, etc. Anything with actors counts as ______, even if it is a comedy. [a] Drama [q] a genre of story in which a hero is brought down by his/her own flaws, usually by ordinary human flaws – flaws like greed, over-ambition, or even an excess of love, honor, or loyalty. [a] Tragedy [q] a comedy in which everything is absolutely absurd. This usually involves some kind of deception or miscommunication. [a] Farce [q] refers to the tales people tell – folk stories, fairy tales, “tall tales,” and even urban legends. _______ is typically passed down by word of mouth, rather than being written in books [a] Folklore [q] a work that’s created by imitating an existing original work in order to make fun of or comment on an aspect of the original. ______ can target celebrities, politicians, authors, a style or trend, or any other interesting subject. [a] Parody [q] a literary and artistic movement in which the goal is to create something bizarre and disjointed, but still somehow understandable. ______ paintings and novels often have a dreamlike quality. [a] Surrealism [q] a paradise. A perfect society in which everything works and everyone is happy – or at least is supposed to be. [a] Utopia [/qdeck]